Research On Undergraduates' Stereotypes Of Migrant Workers Group

The graduates have stereotypes to migrant workers, and they consider migrant workers as male middlescent from countryside, who has poor education and unkempt appearance, living as cheap labors in building sites. The graduates'stereotypes to migrant workers contain two tendencies:positive and negative, which is related to their original domiciles, not their sex, grades and majors. The graduates from metropolis have less positive stereotypes but more negative stereotypes than those from countryside.Symbols of Chinese, effects of group communications, media literacy of graduates and stereotypes make up graduates'stereotypes to migrant workers. Compared with those who have not been acquainted with any migrant workers, the graduates who are familiar with migrant workers have much more positive stereotypes but less negative stereotypes. There are consistent stereotypes to migrant workers both of graduates and media. Widening graduates'awareness of migrant workers and decreasing the media stereotypes can be used to weaken the negative stereotypes to migrant workers:Researching on details, tendencies and features of stereotypes to migrant workers can help public accept migrant workers, and promote solving the migrant workers problems.